New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China
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Even Dongfeng Mengshi wants to produce EVs:
Electric Viking admits that he got the info from a shareholder of the company, which would raise a little red flag in one's head immediately. The company is testing its battery in electric boats and can only produce 35 GWh by 2030. Like so many wonderful solid-state battery programs in the U.S. that are ignored by Tesla, I will wait and see.
Will there be a military version of that? Imagine PLA liberating Taiwan in style with those EVs.
More coverage of Denza Inception online. A lot of people in China find it ugly, but I don't mind it at all. I think the interiors, the accelerations and smart driving is what will set it apart.
Chery is getting some more positive coverage
And this is slightly surprising. Geely might have the most efficient ICE engine. Possibly even more than Xiaoyun which is used on BYD's PHEV cars.
Chery is getting some more positive coverage
And this is slightly surprising. Geely might have the most efficient ICE engine. Possibly even more than Xiaoyun which is used on BYD's PHEV cars.
So now they have the technology. If only they fixed their brands, product lineup and design styling instead of changing from mediocre to mediocre every 6 months
Good information but the writer is horribly misleading about EVs, since it matters where the electricity comes from. If it comes from fossil fuels, especially old coal plants with ~33% efficiency, then 90% efficiency at the motor for EVs is actually 30% overall fuel efficiency, and far worse than the gas engine.
43% efficiency hybrids could be cleaner than 90% efficiency EVs depending on grid.
Even if all vehicles were electric, it wouldn't be be enough. Oil is still used in aviation and for industrial processes like making plastics.
China is building more nuclear power plants to produce more electricity.
They are probably secure now. At worst, maybe in 3 years. The question is whether or not the Chinese society can remaining functional if they stop allowing ICE cars to be used in an emergency. They should have enough NEVs by 2025 for that to not be an issue. More importantly, they could also import industrial oil/nat gas product through rail freight via Central Asian countries.